We're always striving to improve the Wowhead browsing experience and today we have a big feature to share with you--Wowhead and Hearthhead are now optimized for tablet devices!

Our tablet version has all the same content as regular Wowhead and Hearthhead, just much more touchscreen-friendly. We've made improvements like redesigned page layouts and a new menu and tab system for easier navigation.

Whether you're looking forward to playing Hearthstone on your tablet or are farming in WoW and don't want to alt-tab to look something up, our optimized sites will make finding what you need even faster when you're on a tablet.

We also wanted to mention that we know a lot of users have also been asking for a smartphone version of our websites--and we haven't forgotten about that. Hearthstone is very tablet-orientated though and we wanted to test out responsiveness on Hearthhead at first--smartphones could always be down the line.

Feast of Winter Veil is hitting servers early Monday so get prepared to drink some Winter Veil Egg Nog, sit by your Cozy Fire, and open your Stolen Present--wait, what? Is that a new type of present we've found in the database? There's a new holiday gift waiting for you under this year's tree, and your Father Winter's Helper has stopped sulking and is ready for some pet battles, so this is one holiday you don't want to miss!

Following last weekend guide to all titles, this guide provides an overview of all the factions in the game to help you work towards your Exalted and Beloved titles! Friendships (Tillers and Nat Pagle) do not count as reputations, and you must hit Exalted with all the factions on the same character, so this can be a bit of a challenge if you love alts.

We've broken it down the same way it's categorized on your character's reputation tab and provided summaries of each faction, their perks, and related achievements. We've also summarized some buffs that can provide reputation boosts.

A few weeks ago, we released a new feature letting users track their quest progress on database pages and search results. You loved it and asked for more, so we expanded the tool to track even more things!

Just pick a character and save it on Wowhead via the Profiler, click on the green resync icon next to their name to make sure it's completely updated, and click on the Red Heart/Pin option to get started. When you visit pages or get a list of results, you'll now see your collection progress as well as modified tooltips showing what you've completed or still need to collect.

The Blizzard In-Game Shop made its debut today in Patch 5.4.2! Players can purchase all the Blizzard Store mounts and pets directly in-game. All you need to do is select an item, click on Buy Now when purchasing details appear, and enter in your password. The item will automatically appear in your inventory and a confirmation receipt will be sent to your Battle.net email.

Currently, you cannot gift mounts and pets in game to other players, and if you already have an item, an error message will appear when you try to buy it.

Talk Azeroth Episode 20: Gearing in Warlords of Draenor

Olivia dives deep into the gear changes coming in Warlords of Draenor and dissects the implications of all the new systems -- long tail gearing, shifting primary stats, spirit as a secondary stat, loot drama and much more as well as hitting your viewer questions from last week's Garrison episode. If you want to get in touch with Olivia, email her on olivia@zam.com

Flex Mode Scaling Changes

At BlizzCon, we'd discussed some improvements to our Flexible scaling system that would minimize the existence and impact of any real or perceived "breakpoints." Our design goal has always been for the system to be neutral with respect to group size. Specifically, you should never feel encouraged to turn away interested players whose skill/gear level matches the rest of the group's, basic role composition constraints notwithstanding. But at the same time, you shouldn't feel like you need to go out and grab warm bodies if you have a perfectly serviceable raid already assembled. Clearly we have not yet fully realized those goals.

Blizzard posted patch notes yesterday for a new beta build that hit very early this morning. All of the card changes should be reflected in our Hearthhead database, and the patch also added the special BlizzCon 2013 card . This card can summon Power Chord cards: , , .

There were also new arena ranks datamined in the patch. Arena ranks now go up to 12.

Patch 5.4.2 is scheduled to go live on Tuesday, December 10th and this mini-guide covers all the patch changes and additions.

While this patch has no major new content, it has several big quality-of-life improvements for players: cross-realm/faction mail for account-bound items and a cross-realm raid browser. There were also some in-game store improvements, as well as the frosty Mage-only Bipsi's Bobbing Berg.

The in-game Blizzard Shop is now live today as well, along with a huge sale on most mounts and pets!

5.4.2 PTR Patch Notes: Updated December 9

Shop Now Available

You can now browse and purchase a bevy of mounts and pets directly from within World of Warcraft through our newly added Shop interface. We've made it possible for you to receive your new pal right in your inventory (or via mail if your inventory is full). Just click the Shop icon on the menu bar once you've logged in to a character, and you'll be able to pick out a new friend to add to your collection and start your adventures together

This guide covers all the titles in WoW from the serious to the silly, organized by topic and linked to their achievement and basic source details. Collecting titles became easier in Mists of Pandaria with account-wide titles and achievement progress.

Account-Wide Changes

In Mists of Pandaria, many titles became account-wide, meaning alts can use titles they haven't individually earned as long as they're at the minimum level it could be acquired at. For example, a level 80 alt could wear <Name>, Death's Demise if another character on the account earned it.

The other major change was account-wide progress on meta-achievements like What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been. Players can work on holiday, PvP, and raid meta-achievements across characters now, instead of repeating the achievements on any character that needed the rewards.

CM Lore also posted a lengthy clarification on the difference between the cross-realm functionality coming to the existing Raid Browser tool in 5.4.2 and the completely new Group Finder feature coming in 6.0.

The cross-realm raid finder coming in 5.4.2 allows players to queue Siege of Orgrimmar flex raids and world bosses cross-realm.

The Group Finder coming in 6.0 will let players create cross-realm groups for pretty much anything, not just raids. It will also not be buried in the UI, like the Raid Finder tool.

You can read more about the cross-realm raid browser, which is testable on the PTR, here.

Click the cut to read the new patch notes and group finder clarifications!